Citation

Shek DTL, Siu AMH. J. Adolesc. Health 2019; 64(Suppl 6): S1-S4.

Affiliation

Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, PR China.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jadohealth.2019.01.007

PMID

31122542

Abstract

According to the ecological perspective, factors at different ecological levels influence adolescent development. Although some factors shelter adolescents from heightened risks (i.e., protective factors), other factors increase the probability of occurrence of problem behaviors (i.e., risk factors). In this article, we focus primarily on the ecological risk factors that contribute to negative adolescent development in Hong Kong. Although some of them show similarities to other parts of the world, some are unique to the Hong Kong context.

Language: en